NASA image taken December 13 1972 of geologist and astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 Lunar Module pilot, standing next to the American Flag on the surface of the moon during the final lunar landing of the Apollo series. The highest part of the flag...

EARTH The Moon -- Nov 1969 -- In history's first attempt at precisely landing humans on another celestial world, the Apollo 12 lunar module, on the rim of a crater in the background, landed a scant 538 feet from the Surveyor 3. Apollo 12 commander...

EARTH The Moon -- 20 Nov 1969 -- Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean holds a special environmental sample container filled with lunar soil collected during his sojourn on the lunar surface. A Hasselblad camera is mounted on the chest of his spacesuit. Pete...

EARTH The Moon -- 12 Dec 1972 -- Apollo 17 commander Eugene A Cernan is holding the lower corner of the American flag during the mission's first EVA during the last mission to the Moon by the Apollo program -- Picture by Harrison Schmitt/Atlas...

EARTH The Moon -- Jul 1969 -- US astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin on the surface of the moon in the Taurus-Littrow landing area of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing - the first time men set foot on the moon. Here Aldrin is assembling a seismic...

Eisele was one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. On October 11, 1968, he occupied the command module pilot seat for the eleven-day flight of Apollo VII—the first manned flight test of the third generation United States...

USA Houston -- 20 Jul 1969 -- Four members of the prime and backup crews for Apollo 12 monitor activity the first moon landing mission - Apollo 11 - from consoles in the Mission Control Center in Houston. Left to right are astronauts Charles Conrad Jr,...

EARTH The Moon -- 08-12 Dec 1972 -- Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan drives the lunar roving vehicle during the early part of the first moonwalk at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The Lunar Module is in the background -- Picture by Harrison...

Famous NASA photo of Earth taken in 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17 as they headed for the moon. The image was captured on December 7 after the command module aligned with the Earth and Sun, allowing the crew to photograph the Earth in full light. The...

Apollo 10 Command Module. Circa 1969. The capsule in which astronauts Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan travelled around the moon in 1969. Apollo 10 was a dry run for the Moon landing which followed it.

Apollo 10 Command Module. Circa 1969. The capsule in which astronauts Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan travelled around the moon in 1969. Apollo 10 was a dry run for the Moon landing which followed it.

Apollo 10 Command Module. Circa 1969. The capsule in which astronauts Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan travelled around the moon in 1969. Apollo 10 was a dry run for the Moon landing which followed it.

NASA image taken July 20 1969 showing astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 moon mission, inside the lunar module as it sits on the surface of the moon. The picture was taken shortly after Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin had...

NASA image showing astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin walking on the surface of the moon on July 20 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission. The photo was taken by fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong near the lunar module "Eagle". Armstrong and the...

NASA image showing astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin descending to the surface of the moon in July 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission. The photo was taken by fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong as Aldrin climbs down from the lunar module...

NASA image taken July 20 1969 showing Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin planting the American flag on the surface of the moon. The image was captured by a camera mounted in the lunar module "Eagle". Mission...

Mable statue of Apollo holding a kithara. Roman copy of the 2nd century AD of a Hellenistic original of about 200-150 BC From the temple of Apollo, Cyrene In this elaborately carved figure, the iconographical features of both Apollo and Dionysus, the...

Mable statue of Apollo holding a kithara. Roman copy of the 2nd century AD of a Hellenistic original of about 200-150 BC From the temple of Apollo, Cyrene In this elaborately carved figure, the iconographical features of both Apollo and Dionysus, the...

Mable statue of Apollo holding a kithara. Roman copy of the 2nd century AD of a Hellenistic original of about 200-150 BC From the temple of Apollo, Cyrene In this elaborately carved figure, the iconographical features of both Apollo and Dionysus, the...

Mable statue of Apollo holding a kithara. Roman copy of the 2nd century AD of a Hellenistic original of about 200-150 BC From the temple of Apollo, Cyrene In this elaborately carved figure, the iconographical features of both Apollo and Dionysus, the...